Fountain-brush



W. P. BATES.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6. 1920.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

UNITED STA'I E P ENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. BATES, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Application filed December 6, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM P. Barns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful im rovements in fountain brushes.

he object of the invention is to provide a brush in the form of a pencil having a magazine sleeve and a nozzle provided with a wick. The particular object of the invention is to form the tip of the nozzle in such a way that ink or dye may be applied to a fabric without spreading; whereby flowers, leaves and the like may be individually colored in a strip of lace.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will .be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood from a reading of the following specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an example of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a brush constructed in accordance with my invention, the upper end of the reservoir sleeve being in section,

Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal sectional view, and

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional detail on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the numeral. 10 designates an elongated cylindrical reservoir or fountain, which may be made of any suitable material and assume any shape which is desired as well as ornamentation and finish. The upper end of the reservoir is closed as is indicated at 11, and this closed end or top has a small air admitting aperture 12. I

The lower end of the reservoir is internally screw-threaded at 13 so asto receive the externally screw-threaded shank 14 of a nozzle 15. The nozzle has an annular shoulder 16 at the base of the shank which receives the lower end of the reservoir, whereby a flush joint is had. The nozzle 15 is tapered downwardly and the whole construction is preferably given the appearance of a fountain pen or pencil.

The upper end of the shank 14 is dished as is indicated at 17, and a central duct 18 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16,1921. Serial No. 428,551.

constitutes a brush, projects but a short distance from the tip of the nozzle. In coloring fabric it will be seen that when the point of the wick is brought into contact with a portion of fabric the concavity 21 will cup over and contact with the portion being treated and prevent the ink or dye from spreading over adjacent portions of the fabric. Experience has shown that without this concavity,-the liquid color will spread over a coarse fabric, such as lace, and the work spoiled. The concavity or exterior recess 21 provides a sharp contact edge, which surrounds the wick in spaced relation, and this surrounding edge contacts with the fabric at the same time that the wick is contacting with it. and the contacting edge serves to compress the fabric and prevent the dye or the like passing by capillary action to parts of the fabric exterior of the contact edge.

The concavity 17 permits the liquid color to more readily approach the upper end of the wick and saturate the same. The en larged duct 18 provides an auxiliary reservoir immediately adjacent the discharge duct 19 so that the lower end of the wick is more adequately supplied as will be obvious.

In using the device the nozzle 15 is removed and the reservoir 10 filled with ink or liquid dye of the desired color and the nozzle is then replaced. As soon as the wick 20 becomes saturated with the liquid color the pencil is ready to use. As an illustration suppose it is desired to color the flowers in a strip of lace. In such case the pencil is held in a vertical position and the ti pressed down on the lace at the point it is desired to color. The concavity 21 keeps the color from spreading and after the desired portion has been colored the pencil is moved to the next portion and so on until the coloring is completed. Other portions of the lace may be colored differently by placing different colors of ink or dye in the reservoir 10 as is obvious. Lace treated in this way is very ornamental and quite pleasing and attractive. L p

The invention is not to be limited to details of construction and includes'all such changes and modifications as come within the scope thereof.

What I claim, is:

1. In a' fountain brush, a reservoir for holding the liquid ink or dye and having a nozzle at its forward end, said nozzle being provlded with a longitudinal duct extending through the forward end of the nozzle, said nozzle being provided at its forward end with a recess surrounding said duct and forming a surrounding contact edge spaced from the duct, an absorbent element extending longitudinally within the duct and having its forward end projecting into the re cess, said surrounding contact edge being adapted to engage and compress the fabric while the fabrlc'is in contact with the wick so that the liquid is prevented from spreading upon the fabric exterior of the surrounding edge. 7

2. In a fountain brush, a reservoir, a nozzle having detachable engagement with the forward end of the reservoir,' said nozzle having a longitudinal duct, said duct having a forward portion contracted in diameter, said nozzle being provided at its forward end with a recess surrounding the duct and forming a surrounding contact edge spaced from the'duct, and a wick arranged within the ductfwith its forward end pro jecting into: the recess and spaced from the contacting edge. i

In testimony whereof- I affix my signature.

WILLIAM P. BATES. 

